Rolling /(?)/
Roll·ing
Rolling
a.
- Rotating on an axis, or moving along a surface by rotation; turning over and over as if on an axis or a pivot; as, a rolling wheel or ball.
- Moving on wheels or rollers, or as if on wheels or rollers; as, a rolling chair.
- Having gradual, rounded undulations of surface; as, a rolling country; rolling land. [U.S.]
Phrases & Compounds
- Rolling bridge
- See the Note under Drawbridge.
- Rolling circle of a paddle wheel
- the circle described by the point whose velocity equals the velocity of the ship.
- Rolling fire
- a discharge of firearms by soldiers in line, in quick succession, and in the order in which they stand.
- Rolling friction
- that resistance to motion experienced by one body rolling upon another which arises from the roughness or other quality of the surfaces in contact.
- Rolling mill
- a mill furnished with heavy rolls, between which heated metal is passed, to form it into sheets, rails, etc.
- Rolling press
- A machine for calendering cloth by pressure between revolving rollers
- Rolling stock
- the locomotives and vehicles of a railway.
- Rolling tackle
- tackle used to steady the yards when the ship rolls heavily.